Rochester MN Guide to Strawberry Picking

Nothing kicks off summer like a day of strawberry picking! Succulent berries plucked from the plant and popped right in your mouth. Your kids have red-stained fingers and faces from all that picking/eating in the fields. Everyone’s happy after a day at the strawberry farm. So now what to do with your bounty? Of course, you can continue nibbling on fresh berries until they’re gone, but if you want to feel like Martha Stewart without the effort, I’ve got a plan for you. Strawberry jam without canning.

I once dreamed of a larder full of canned produce; I let those aspirations fall by the wayside when I realized all that canning “stuff” was going to take up valuable real estate in my kitchen! Plus, I was convinced that I’d never seal those jars properly, and my family would end up hospitalized with botulism.

So I’m happy to simply make a small batch of “No-Canning Required” Strawberry Jam after a day picking berries.

*Buckets for berries: Bring your own. They do have boxes on-site for free.

*Address and Phone Number: 9546 10th Street SE, Eyota

507-951-8165

Other information: Jason says, “If you have kids, bring them with – they can help pick and extra red on their lips and fingers is okay! All of our produce is non-GMO and raised naturally without the use of chemicals.”

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About Colleen

Colleen Timimi, a former middle school English teacher turned stay-at-home-mom, moved to Rochester in 2005. Texan by birth, Floridian by high school graduation, she has truly found her home here. She and her husband are parents to a nine-year-old daughter and an eight-year-old son. When she isn’t trapped in the great internet time suck aka Facebook (Hey, where did that hour go?), she spends her days chauffeuring children and volunteering. She is passionate about reading, writing (eventually one of those works-in-progress will be finished), and running (and you thought the next word was going to be arithmetic!).
Nearly 10 years into motherhood, Colleen continues to navigate parenting, where she is her own boss and the schedule is never consistent.